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Key: Db 🎸 Intro: C G C G ( x2 ) 🎸 Verse 1: C F C G When I was a babe, I fell down in my holler C F C G When I was a girl, I fell into your arms C F C G We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color Am F G C You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms 🎸 Interlude: C G C G 🎸 Verse 2: C F C G I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey C F C G You stole and you gambled and I said you should C F C G We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money Am F G C Then, one day, you left, sayin' I was no good
🎸 Interlude: C G C G 🎸 Verse 3: C F C G Well, alright, I'm bad, but then you're no prize either C F C G Alright, I'm bad, but then that's nothin' new C F C G You say you won't love me, I won't love you neither Am F G C Just let me remind you what I Am to you 🎸 Interlude: C G C G 🎸 Verse 4: C F C G 'Cause I Am the one who looks out when you're leapin' C F C G I Am the one who knows how you were brave C F C G And I Am the one who heard what you said sleepin' Am F G C I'll take that and more when I Go to my grave 🎸 Interlude: C G C G 🎸 Verse 5: C F C G It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under C F C G It's sooner than later that you'll be alone C F C G So who will you turn to tomorrow? I wonder Am F G C For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own 🎸 Interlude: C G C G 🎸 Verse 6: C F C G I Am the one who you let see you weepin' C F C G I know the soul that you struggle to save C F C G Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reapin' Am F G C Now, what will you Do when I Go to my grave?
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